by Phillip Nelson
First Edition ©2008
ISBN-10: 0-7167-9897-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-9897-2 Paper Text, 600 pages See available formats »
Looks at the big picture. Students learn how the lessons of biological physics pertain to all fields of science and go beyond that to consider the relevance of those lessons to their everyday lives.Conceptual. The book looks at the reasons why each mathematical step is taken, giving students the understanding that will help them to explore on their own.No black boxes. Most mathematical results are derived from first principles.Real data. Every chapter presents actual laboratory data; the text shows the students how to construct models based on simple physical ideas that fit the data.“Excursion” sections that complement most chapters contain articles by leading experimentalists and historical or cultural essays.
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